EAST HARTFORD – There was only one possible better finish for UConn. For now, crushing disappointment is an improvement.

Most thought the Huskies faced nothing but prime-time embarrassment when No. 15 Michigan showed up at Rentschler Field for a network television broadcast. Nobody who harbored those thoughts populated the UConn lockerroom.

Late mistakes cost the Huskies in a 24-21 loss to the Wolverines on Saturday night before a record crowd of 42,704. The result was the same as the first two weeks – another mark in the left-hand column of the ledger – but the means to that result were far different.

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